AP 2010-12-21
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2010(十二月)
1. A call from President Barack Obama to the House to quickly approve a taxpack without changes already endorsed 1 by the Senate. Some Democrats 2 are denouncing the deal to extend Bush-era tax cuts to all taxpayers 3.
2. In Florida, school officials say the wife of a man confronted a school board at gunpoint had been fired. The district hired Rebecca Crowder Duke as a teacher, but he does not pass probation 4. Her husband fatally shot himself.
3. The Justice Department is suing BP and eight other companies in the Gulf 5 oil spill, trying to recover billions of dollars. They will be responsible for removal costs and damages.
4. A circus act for the Pope. Four acrobats 6 perform shirtless in front of Pope Benedict XVI. None in the audiences cheer. The Pope gave a more measured response.
- The committee endorsed an initiative by the chairman to enter discussion about a possible merger. 委员会通过了主席提出的新方案，开始就可能进行的并购进行讨论。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The government has broadly endorsed a research paper proposing new educational targets for 14-year-olds. 政府基本上支持建议对14 岁少年实行新教育目标的研究报告。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Finance for education comes from taxpayers. 教育经费来自纳税人。
- She was declaiming against the waste of the taxpayers' money. 她慷慨陈词猛烈抨击对纳税人金钱的浪费。
- The judge did not jail the young man,but put him on probation for a year.法官没有把那个年轻人关进监狱，而且将他缓刑察看一年。
- His salary was raised by 800 yuan after his probation.试用期满以后，他的工资增加了800元。